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2008-12-15 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-12-15 09:54|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Maligned though he was, Rumsfeld was right about a lot of things. For one - "You go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you wish you had." Even if the magic number actually WAS 300,000, where were they going to come from? Just like with the up-armored HUMVEES - we were not equipped for the war(s) we found ourselves in and it takes time to adapt (especially at the political pork levels.)

Posted by Glenmore 2008-12-15 11:29|| 2008-12-15 11:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Nicely done - but it only emphasizes the real crisis we've been in for a while: the dominance of myth and misinformation and the near-total absence of corrective and explanatory efforts by the administration.

You can add the Shinseki legend to the others - the alleged inadequacy of federal response to Katrina, the "widespread and systematic" abuse of detainees in the GWOT that can be linked to official policy, the idea that the Iraq war would be self-financing and that was a reason to launch it, and on and on.

While we're at it, let's toss in some other whoppers, which seem silly only because they were debunked by events that couldn't be hidden, er, ignored by what used to be called the press -the Jenin massacre, the post-ABM Treaty strategic arms race.

The other day I forced myself to skim a story about the latest "torture" "report". Di Rita's comment was the only one in it offering some counter-information and perspective, not to say dismissal, of the "findings".

Di Rita's efforts only underline how bizarrely distorted the info environment has become.

Posted by Verlaine 2008-12-15 18:09|| 2008-12-15 18:09|| Front Page Top

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